Metal tie for railroads.



Patented NOV. 28, 1911. r

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. MORGAN, 0F ALLIANCE, OHIO.

METAL 'IIE FOR RAILROADS.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM II. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Ties forRailroads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in metal ties for rail roads, andparticularly to an improvement on the construction disclosed in mypending application No. 606,246 filed February 2nd, 1911.

In several forms of bent ties shown in said application, the base flangeis made wider throughout its entire length, than the top flange.Experiments have demonstrated that it is extremely difficult to bend avery wide flange around a short radius, and the object of this inventionis to so dispose of the base flange at the inner or concave sides of thebends, as to permit the tie to be readily and economically bent intoshape.

A further object is to provide a tie of the type shown with membersprojecting below the bottom surface of the tie for anchoring the tie tothe road bed.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in thedetails of construction as will be more fully explained and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of two tiesin proper position to receive the rails and Fig. 2 is an end view of thesame.

My improved tie is of substantially I-shape in cross section, the baseflange 1 being wider than the top flange 2. The metal section from whichthe tie is made, is bent at its ends to form two parallel railsupporting sections 4, and the extreme ends 5 are bent at right anglesoutwardly beyond the rail supporting sections, to prevent the ties fromtipping endwise.

It has been found difiicult in practice to bend the wide base flange 1around a short radius, hence in order to obviate this obj ec-Speeification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 18, 1911.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

Serial No. 615,424.

tion, and at the same time provide the tie with projections foranchoring the same to the road bed, I bond the base flange 1 dowmvardlyat the concave or inner side of each bend 6. The downward bend of thisflange starts well in toward the web 3 of the tie, as shown in Fig. 1,thus causing the displaced metal 7 to project some distance below thetie and form anchors, which, when sunk into the ballast or road bed,will prevent any lateral creeping of the tie. This bending of the flangemay be done before the tie is bent, or it may be done simultaneouslywith the longitudinal bending, and in either case the displacement ofmetal at concave sides of the bends, permits the tie to be readily andec momically bent into shape.

It is evident that many slight changes might be resorted to in therelative arrangement of parts shown and described without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I would have it understoodthat I do not wish to confine myself to the exact construction andarrangement of parts shown and described, but

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A metal tie having upper and lower flanges and an intermediate web,its opposite ends being bent to form parallel supports for the rails,the base flanges of said tie at the concave sides of the bends beingbent downwardly.

2. A metal tie having upper and lower flanges and an intermediate web,the opposite end portions of said tie being bent to form parallelsupports for the rails, and the extreme ends bent outwardlyapproximately at right angles to said rail supports, the base flange ofsaid rail at the concave sides of the several bends, being bentdownwardly.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

VVILLIAIW H. MORGAN.

W'itnesses J. H. LLOYD, N. O. Fn'rrnns.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

